---
layout: example
category: example
title: Fit to the bounds of a LineString
description: "Get the bounds of a LineString by passing it's first coordinates to <a href='https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/#LngLatBounds'>mapboxgl.LngLatBounds</a> and chaining <a href='https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/#LngLatBounds#extend'>extend</a> to include the last coordinates."
tags:
  - user-interaction
---
<style>
.btn-control {
    font:bold 12px/20px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    background-color: #3386c0;
    color: #fff;
    position: absolute;
    top: 20px;
    left: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
    border: none;
    width: 200px;
    margin-left:-100px;
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

.btn-control:hover {
    background-color: #4ea0da;
}
</style>
<div id='map'></div>
<button id='zoomto' class='btn-control'>Zoom to bounds</nav>

<script>
// A GeoJSON object with a LineString route from the White House to Capitol Hill
var geojson = {
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [{
        "type": "Feature",
        "geometry": {
            "type": "LineString",
            "properties": {},
            "coordinates": [
                [-77.0366048812866, 38.89873175227713],
                [-77.03364372253417, 38.89876515143842],
                [-77.03364372253417, 38.89549195896866],
                [-77.02982425689697, 38.89549195896866],
                [-77.02400922775269, 38.89387200688839],
                [-77.01519012451172, 38.891416957534204],
                [-77.01521158218382, 38.892068305429156],
                [-77.00813055038452, 38.892051604275686],
                [-77.00832366943358, 38.89143365883688],
                [-77.00818419456482, 38.89082405874451],
                [-77.00815200805664, 38.88989712255097]
            ]
        }
    }]
};

var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
    container: 'map',
    style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v9',
    center: [-77.0214, 38.8970],
    zoom: 12
});

map.on('load', function() {

    map.addLayer({
        "id": "LineString",
        "type": "line",
        "source": {
            "type": "geojson",
            "data": geojson
        },
        "layout": {
            "line-join": "round",
            "line-cap": "round"
        },
        "paint": {
            "line-color": "#BF93E4",
            "line-width": 5
        }
    });

    document.getElementById('zoomto').addEventListener('click', function() {

        // Geographic coordinates of the LineString
        var coordinates = geojson.features[0].geometry.coordinates;

        // Pass the first coordinates in the LineString to `lngLatBounds` &
        // wrap each coordinate pair in `extend` to include them in the bounds
        // result. A variation of this technique could be applied to zooming
        // to the bounds of multiple Points or Polygon geomteries - it just
        // requires wrapping all the coordinates with the extend method.
        var bounds = coordinates.reduce(function(bounds, coord) {
            return bounds.extend(coord);
        }, new mapboxgl.LngLatBounds(coordinates[0], coordinates[0]));

        map.fitBounds(bounds, {
            padding: 20
        });
    });
});
</script>
